Improvement in adjustable pillows



TTED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

HENRY EILERS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE PILLOWS.

Specilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 108,122, dated October 11, 1870.

I, HENRY ErLERs, of Cincinnati, in the county 4of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Raised Pillow, of which the following is a specilication My invention relates to a device for elevatin or depressing the bolster or pillow of the bed, giving it any desirable angle of inclina tion to the rest of the bed to which it is hinged.

Figure l is a plan of the frame of the bed embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

A is the frame of the bed. The cross-piece a, extending between and secured to the side rails ofthe bed-bottom, is located nearer the head-rail b than to the foot-rail c. The adjustable pillow-frame B is of a length equal to the width ot' the bed-bottom, and in width equal to the distance from the cross-piece a to J(he headrail b. rlhc side rails, d, of the pillowframe B are hinged atc to the side rails of the bed bottom or frame A, in such a manner that when the frame A is horizontal or fully down it may rest, in most part, upon the bed-bottom. To the under side and near the free end of the pillow-frame B is hinged the support O, consisting ot' two legs, j', and cross-bar g. The feet of the legs j' engage the racks l1, which are secured to the inside of the side rails of the bed-bottom near the lower edges tl'iercof. To the center, or thereabout, of the cross-bar g of the support vO is attached the continuous core D. It extends over the pulley 1, pivoted in the cross-piece a. thence between the orosspiece d and the foot-board of the bed, and

about the pulley 2, pivoted in the side rail of the bed-bottom; thence outside of the bed to the pulley 3, pivoted in the side rail and near the head of the bed; thence inside of and parallel to the headrail b ofthe bed, to the pulley 4, which is attached to the center of said rail b thence to the center ofthe cross-piece y of the support C.

The ring or tassel E is attached securely to the cord D at a point midway between pulleys 2 and 3. The cord is taut, and when drawn upon in either direction immediately operates the support C. This is readily accomplished by means ofthe ring E. \Vhen it is desirable to elevate the pillow or impart a greater inclination to the bolster, the ring is moved from the head toward the foot of the bed, drawing up the foot of the support C toward the head, consequently elevating the free end of the pillow to the position desired. A reverse motion of the ring will lower the pillow.

The construction of this apparatus for adjusting the pillow is simple in all its details, economical, and readily understood.

I claim- The combination and arrangement of the endless cord D, pulleys l, 2, 3, and 4, frame A, support O, and pillow-frame B, when constructed and operating together as and for the purpose described.

HENRY EILERS.

Witnesses:

GYEUs S. BATES, C. L. FISHER. 

